Pillow-sham holder



(No Model.)

G S. TOMPKINS.

PILLOW SHAM HOLDER.

N0. 364,319. r Patented June 7, 1887.

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GEORGE S. TOMPKINS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

PlLLOW-SHAM HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION fo rming part of Letters Patent No. 364,319, dated June '7, 1887.-

Application filed April7, 1886.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEoRe-E S. ToMrKINs, of Detroit, in the county of \Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pillow Sham Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pillow-sham holders, its object being to provide apillow-sham holder which is adjustable to fit any size bedstead, and which is composed of thin strips of wood joined together at the ends and centers in the form of a lazy-tong, and provided with additional strips of wood running crosswise of the holder, which are attached to the holder by the two corresponding rivets which join the lazy'tong pieces at their ends. The cross-strips are provided with slots at either end for the purpose of permitting the holder to be closed and opened, as will be hereinafter explained.

It also has for its object to providea suitable bracket to hold the same in position, the whole being arranged to fold very compactly, as the following explanation will show.

The accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, fully illustrate my invention, with similar letters of reference indicating corresponding parts.

Figure 1 illustrates the method of securing the cross-stri ps (1, by providing them with slots at either end, as i, which fits over a suitable rivet bolt or button arranged to slide longitudinally in the slots ofthe said strip, and atthe same time retain the strip in position. In order to prevent the strip 2' from settling, I provide the one end with a screw, so that after the strip is in its proper position I can secure it in place so that it will remain adjusted, the slot in the opposite end being sufficient to permit of the closing and opening of the holder. Another method of securing this strip in position is to rivet one end fast with the ends of the lazytong pieces and provide a slot at the opposite end which is sufficient to permit of the necessary movement of the corresponding ends of the lazy-tong pieces, the bolts which join the same being arranged to slide in the said slot.

Figs. 2 and 3 represent enlarged detail views Serial No. 198,120. (No model.)

of the attachment 0, showing the shank 6 formed with the button-head d, which is provided with the slot n, extending crosswise of its periphery.

Fig. 4 represents a bracket, which is secured, one to each post of the head-board, with the spring 0 facing the outside of the bed, and so adjusted that the jaw in will receive the shank e of the attachment 0, the spring 0 being adjusted so that its upper portion will rest in the groove periphery of the button (I and force the same against the pin 8, so that when the pillow-sham holder is raised to an upright position the slot aim the periphery of the but- ,ton d will engage with the pin 8, as shown in Fig. 5, and hold the slats a in an upright position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In a pillow-sham holder, the cross strips a, provided with a slot or slots, as i, and adapted to operate as described, combined with thejointed pieces forming the lazy-tong. in combination with the attachment 0 and a suitable bracket provided with the jaws in, all as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. A pillow-sham holder comprising the pieces joined together to operate as a lazy' tong, the cross-pieccs a, provided with the slots 2, adapted to operate as described, and the end pieces, a, provided with the attachment 0, arranged to rotate its shank 0 within the jaws m of the bracket, whereby the slot at of the button d will engage with thepin s, and be retained in. that position by means ofa suitable spring, as 0, exerting its force against the opposite side of the said button, all as described and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing improvement in pillow-sham holders, as above described, I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of March, 1886.

GEORGE S. TOMPKINS.

Witnesses:

FRANK W. BAKER, A. H. HUNKER. 

